Jean Bélanger | OPAL-RT

Real-Time Simulation Technologies for the Simulation of Electric Drives and Large Systems

Publication date : Mar 2004
Paper File : eds_sae2004.pdf

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This presentation presents the challenges of simulating electric drives and Opal-RT's vision for the next decade, it shows the real-time simulators' evolution, requirements and technology trends. Then, distributed multi-rate HIL simulation and test systems as well as self-contained energy generation and distribution system simulation are discussed. Finally, the need for real-time simulation is exposed and the typical RT-LAB high-fidelity real-time simulator configurations are demonstrated.

Real-Time Simulation of Permanent Magnet Motor Drive on FPGA Chip for High-Bandwidth Controller Tests and Validation

Publication date : Feb 2006
Paper File : 2006_isie_dufour_pmsm_fpga_abstract1.pdf

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Simon Abourida, Jean Bélanger, Christian Dufour,

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This paper presents a real-time simulator of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive implemented on an FPGA card. Real-time simulation of PMSM drives enables rapid deployment and thorough testing of efficient control strategies for vehicular or industrial applications.

Real-time Simulation of Onboard Generation and Distribution Power Systems

Publication date : Aug 2005
Paper File : 2005_electrimacs.pdf

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Simon Abourida, Jean Bélanger, Christian Dufour,

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This paper presents the RT-LAB Electrical Drive Simulator technology along with practical applications. The RT-LAB simulation software enables the parallel simulation of an electrical circuit on clusters of PC running QNX or RT-Linux operating systems at sample time below 10 µs. Using standard Simulink models including SimPowerSystems models, RT-LAB build computation and communication tasks necessary to effectively make parallel simulation of electrical systems with low cost off-the-shelf PC technology.

Real-time Simulation of Induction Motor IGBT Drive on a PC-Cluster

Publication date : Dec 2002
Paper File : ipst03_rtdrive4e.pdf

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Simon Abourida, Jean Bélanger, Christian Dufour,

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This paper presents a real-time motor drive simulator capable to accurately simulate a double IGBT bridge inverter connected to an induction motor through an inter phase transformer. The simulator also includes a DC link model with regeneration capability and two choppers. The paper will detail the implementation of the model and simulation results and timing.

Real-time Simulation of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Traction Drives

Publication date : Sep 2003
Paper File : Opal-RT_Toyota.pdf

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Simon Abourida, Jean Bélanger, Christian Dufour,

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This paper presents a real-time electric vehicle traction drive simulator along with two applications. The first application is a double IGBT bridge inverter connected to an induction motor through an inter phase transformer. The second application is a fuel-cell-battery hybrid vehicle drive application with a 10 kHz converter.

Real-Time Simulation of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Traction Drives

Publication date : Dec 2002
Paper File : 2003_epe.pdf

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Simon Abourida, Jean Bélanger, Christian Dufour,

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This paper presents a real-time electric vehicle traction drive simulator along with two publications. The first application is a double IGBT bridge inverter connected to an induction motor through an inter phase transformer. The simulator also includes a DC-link model with regeneration capability and two choppers. The paper details the implementation of the model and simulation results and timing.

Real-time Simulation of Electrical Vehicle Motor Drives on a PC Cluster

Publication date : Dec 2002
Paper File : epe2003_paper.pdf

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Simon Abourida, Jean Bélanger, Christian Dufour,

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This paper presents a real-time motor drive simulator capable to accurately simulate a double IGBT bridge inverter connected to an induction motor through an inter phase transformer. The simulator also includes a DC link model with regeneration capability and two choppers. The paper will detail the implementation of the model and simulation results and timing. The whole system, with external I/O IGBT fiber optic gate signals, executes in real-time at 80 µs time step under the RT-LAB real-time distributed simulation software on a PC cluster composed of three Pentium processors running at 1 GHz.

Real-Time Simulation of Doubly Fed Induction Generator for Wind Turbine Applications

Publication date : Sep 2004
Paper File : dufour_windturbinepaper2004.pdf

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Jean Bélanger, Christian Dufour,

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This paper describes a real-time simulator of wind turbine generator system suitable for controller design and tests. The simulated generator is a grid-connected doubly fed induction machine with back-to-back PWM voltage source vector control of the rotor. The simulator is based on RT-LAB real-time simulation platform that allows for easy model-to-real-time-target design from Simulink models. The paper puts special emphasis on the fixed-step simulation problematic of kHz-range PWM inverter drives and the techniques used in the real-time simulator to accurately simulate those drives.

Real-Time Simulation of Averaged Models of Power Converters Part 3

Publication date : Nov 2000
Paper File : power_converter_3.pdf

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Nicolas Léchevin, Jean Bélanger, Guillaume Murere,

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This application note (Part 3) explains the design and optimization of fast PWM energy conversion control systems is time-consuming when the power electronics converters (PEC) are simulated in detail. Variable-step integration algorithms, or fixed time step integration at every microsecond, are required.

Real-Time Simulation of Averaged Models of Power Converters Part 2

Publication date : Nov 2000
Paper File : power_converter_2.pdf

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Nicolas Léchevin, Jean Bélanger, Guillaume Murere,

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This application note (Part 2) reports the results of a study conducted to see whether averaged models can be used to study electromagnetic transients, either caused by a large disturbance in the control system, or by faults in the power circuits.